Chapter 135 – The Future Prime Minister’s Inspection

The transfer of industry is no untouchable secret, in fact it has already happened once, in the nineteenth century America was the sweatshop of Europe, and the degree of penetration of British capital into the United States was as great as any later generation could hope to achieve at any given time.

Not only British capital, but capital from any European country could be found within the U.S. It was World War I that allowed the U.S. to break free from the grip of foreign capital.

This next one is the one that will begin in the next few years, with Japan taking over from the U.S. in taking over global manufacturing.

Japan was already a top ten global industrial powerhouse before World War II, but of course this top ten was nothing more than the level of Czechoslovakia and Italy, a far cry from the European powers.

After the end of World War II Japan as a defeated country by the United States alone, when many of Japan’s industrial facilities were destroyed in the war, based on the revival of Japan’s industrialization considerations, the United States decided to Japan as the West’s Asian factories to be transformed.

Now Japan may be cut off a piece of the Soviet Union, the United States will not be in the industrial transfer, Alan Wilson think not so much, although the area of Hokkaido is not small, but the population is too small. It was not enough of a shock at all to the rest of Japan, which was controlled by the United States.

Since the US could do it, so could Europe. The U.S. didn’t start doing this until the 1950s anyway, and by that time the European countries would have recovered, if not a little earlier, and moved their industries ahead of the Americans.

British Malaya had a far smaller population than Japan, and Europe could well afford to be hollowed out.

It was not really Alan Wilson who chose British Malaya, but the London government. Almost simultaneously with the independence of British India, the Labor government mobilized 50,000 British troops to wield the butcher’s knife in British Malaya, and the British troops in the Dutch-Indian War were also in the war.

Of course what interested Harold Wilson most was the analogy of an airplane for a million shirts. Very evocative, “Allen, as you said, times are progressing, technology is developing, but industries like textiles are feeding a lot of jobs.”

“Secretary of Congress, the added value of the textile industry is too limited. We can’t export a shirt and sell it for a hundred pounds, can we? Who would buy it!” Alan Wilson was full of helplessness, saying that he couldn’t do anything about it.

In fact, it’s not like there are no countries that can do it, just add the luxury color. But it so happens that Britain is not able to do it, the countries in Europe that can do it are France and Italy, the French are famous, Italy is even more so with the addition of the Roman Empire.

Although certain Asian countries, very much like to prove that Italy and the Roman Empire has nothing to do, but Alan Wilson knows that the European countries are recognized Italy’s history, what the Germanic barbarians speech has no market.

“It was a very pleasant chat with you, and I believe this trip to the British Occupied Territories will be a good experience.” Harold Wilson noticed that the young civil servant in front of him seemed very talkative.

There was no rejection of him! How could Harold Wilson, who had once been a civil servant, not understand the cold reception he received when he came to Hanover today? Just a few months ago, he was part of the civil service group.

Now on the opposite side of the lower members of Parliament, these British-occupied civil servants want to give themselves a downward spiral.

Naturally came over to receive Allen Wilson, showed a friendly, let Harold Wilson very pleased.

In the afternoon time, Harold Wilson met with the members of the British Occupied Territories Board of Trade, participated in a boring and very boring meeting, do civil servants Harold Wilson did not find that this kind of meeting is so boring.

Changing his identity, the meeting that he used to attend frequently changed its flavor in Harold Wilson’s eyes as well.

After the end of the meeting, Harold Wilson made a decision in his mind to personally walk to the British Occupation Zone, to see with his own eyes what the state of the current British Occupation Zone is in the end, and go back so that he can tell the prime minister.

“Mr. Harold is still a practical man.” Alan Wilson was full of appreciation after hearing this, “This is so admirable, or is it that Labor Party politicians, they all like to stay close to the people.”

Close to the people! Harold Wilson liked this term very much, after becoming a politician he quickly changed his thinking, and he liked to link everything to votes, although the Germans in the British-occupied areas, did not have the right to vote in Britain. But it can still be seen as a good exercise.

“The main manifestation of the British Empire has no ill will towards the Germans.” Although Harold Wilson had his own future in mind, the opening still put the national image of the British Empire in the first place.

“Good, this may be an opportunity for reconciliation. We need to portray an image that is gracious and not detached from the lower class people.” Alan Wilson also followed Harold Wilson’s words eloquently, “We need to make the Germans understand that British parliamentarians are actually the same as ordinary Germans, so that we can portray a sense of closeness.”

This is similar to the latter-day creation of a persona, where the star portrays a positive, pleasing image like the public. A persona is to a star what packaging is to a commodity, making it easier to attract fans. Some common ones are foodie persona, straight persona, school bully persona…

In fact, if you think about it, the politicians who are dealing with the election at any time, anywhere, but also this is similar to the needs of the actors and actresses.

Both are just as hypocritical, but on the surface they have to defy their hearts and make behaviors that are not in line with their own to gain favor.

Harold Wilson nodded approvingly, very satisfied with Alan Wilson’s narration, although coming to the British Occupation Area had produced a small unpleasantness, but now it seemed that it was not completely unproductive.

In fact the Honorable Lower Member of the Ruling Party, had already prepared to make a speech, although it may not necessarily be useful, but if it is used, it can be used as a practice for him who has just entered the political arena.

It is also because he has only just entered the political arena, Harold Wilson is now learning a lot of places, speech is one of them.

Because of the lack of experience, Harold Wilson also need time to prepare, refinement is the most difficult, for politicians speech of the four orders of tactics, nothing more than so four steps.

Speech first stage: can speak down; second stage: the short speak long. Explain that the knowledge reserve is enough; stage three: the long talk short. Explain to grasp the focus; the fourth stage: want to long on long, want to short on short, completely control the scene. Description has mastered the law, can be targeted to speak of, the effect can reach the best.

Only twenty-nine years old Harold Wilson, and nominally already more than twenty years old Allen Wilson, are preparing for the congressional secretary’s trip to the British occupied territories, only the preparation of the place is not the same.

To be fair Allen Wilson had no experience in this area, and equally he knew that Harold Wilson didn’t really have any either. The Double Wilson combination were both at the novice stage.

Starting the next day, the double Wilson combination began the British Occupation Zone trip, in short, from one ruin to another ruin, in the country when Harold Wilson just heard of the British Occupation Zone of the tragic situation, in the eyes of Harold Wilson, it should be the London suffered a German bombing when the appearance.

But really see with their own eyes, only to realize that completely incomparable, the war has been over for three months, as far as the eye is still in ruins, and from time to time people can still be from the rationale of the ruins, digging out the inside of the corpse.

But it is not without relief, for example, the report of the Board of Trade of the British Occupied Territories, which mentions the energy of German women in the reconstruction, is not at all a lie.

Having linked rations to labor, the Germans were astonishingly industrious, as was now confirmed by Harold Wilson.

From Hanover to Hamburg, from Cologne to Essen, Harold Wilson, who had entered the state of a politician, broke out, with astonishing physical strength, and Allen Wilson even had the illusion that he was accompanying his opponent in the general election.

Completely unnecessary, a day even run two cities, this is more diligent than the previous period of time Allen Wilson himself crisscrossing the Ruhr area to show, from this moment onwards, he has a new understanding of what politicians in order to support the rate of what can be done out.

In late August, Allen Wilson and Harold Wilson arrived at the last stop in the program, the city of Bonn, which finally had a bit of a city look, at least compared to other Ruhr cities in the eye of the damage, it is quite a good look.

The head of the German women’s labor bureau in Bonn, Isabella Bogina, led the women organized by the labor bureau to express their welcome to the arrival of Hadlow Wilson, this kind of welcoming scene, which made Alan Wilson slightly frowned, because it seems that similar scenes are always similar to the Soviet Union and the country.

But when one thought about the Third Reich period, a similar organized welcome should have been commonplace, so there was nothing to be surprised about.

If Harold Wilson had been a German, he would have been honored with the title of “Friend of Women”, but of course, he is now similarly honored.

Harold Wilson, who was warmly welcomed, seemed to feel flattered, and the speech he had been preparing finally came in handy, as the other cities had been so badly damaged that the local women had no time to listen to an Englishman pussyfooting around.

The city of Bonn was different, it had basically been restored to the basic conditions of a city, and was just the right place to use to set an example of the British Empire’s efforts to rebuild the British-occupied territories.

“Bonn is the home of Beethoven ……,” Harold Wilson said to the warmly welcoming citizens of Bonn, opening a speech that had been long prepared but not used.

“The hair is cut short and the temperament is different.” Alan Wilson looked straight at Isabella Bogina, going in one ear and out the other at Harold Wilson’s speech.

Much like the Soviet boxer’s wife played by Brigitte Nielsen in Rocky’s movie, the short hair was as competent as it could be, with a hint of a strong woman’s temperament.